The Outside

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"The Outside is spooky, high-stakes, mind-bending Science Fiction." "The Outside is a fresh and mind-bending mix of cosmic horror and space opera, a compelling story that spans from the deeply personal to the vast mysteries of time and space. Unsettling and gorgeous, this is like nothing I have read before and the book I have been longing for without knowing it." "The Outside is a beautiful, stark reclamation of unknowable horror. Hoffman layers thoughtful worldbuilding and rich prose to build a stunning story of power, ambition and personal agency. I couldn't put The Outside down for fear of what might happen while I was looking away." The Outside is a powerful, striking debut, and Ada Hoffmann is an author to watch." "Hoffmann has created a beautifully immersive world, an intoxicating blend of science and divinity that held me captive from page one." "A stunningly imagined novel!" "A tangled knot of inter-dimensional intrigue that will have you reading with clenched teeth and curled toes." "A tangled knot of inter-dimensional intrigue that will have you reading with clenched teeth and curled toes." "The Outside starts with a bang and ratchets everything up from there" "Hoffmann confidently layers morality and disability rights into a breezily told adventure that bursts with sheer fun." "Ada Hoffmann's The Outside feels like it was made to order for us" "Truly operatic stuff." "The Outside is a gripping examination of the battle between good and evil on a grand scale" "The Outside is a science-fiction suspense novel like no other." "The Outside is a definite mind-bender, serving up shock and awe from the start." "Deeply embedded in sci-fi history, The Outside reimagines old stories in new, exciting, #ownvoices ways." "The Outside is a fantastic debut. I can't wait to see what Hoffman does next." "exciting and gripping space opera" "Readers who like an unlikable narrator will enjoy spending time in the other characters' points of view."